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Mar 6, 2018

15,000 miles. 2500 x height of #Everest, a 15th of the way to the #moon, 4 x as long as the #Amazon and #GreatWall of China, 5.5 x the distance from #LA to #NYC...or...this run, consisting of 400 days of rubber on tarmac. 37.5 miles a day. #goingthedistance.

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@ClimateBen

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BREAKING: scientists show rates of Antarctic melt are now sufficient to cause rapid ice sheet collapse 🧵

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Never mind the fact I'm clinging vainly to the hope that Liverpool do something mad and get top 4. Never mind the dubious regime that is underpinning

@NUFC

's success. I'm buzzing off the fun their fans are having. Been too long. Passion and devotion. I'm having that.

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Now doing this...can't seem to get it any better...

Played with this

#cycling twitter... I am a technical idiot so don't spare me any patronising detail. What is happening here? Happens on every gear.

For anyone who espouses getting rid of the NHS...and if you think "oh, but that wouldn't happen here", you should probably get your kindly GP to shine a light in your left ear to see if it comes out of the right. They'll do that for free, by the way. #NHS

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NHS Million

@NHSMillion

Apr 3

The NHS might be struggling right now, but thank goodness no one in the UK will be asked to pay $807.96 for insulin. We must never stop fighting to keep it that way.

Apr 3

Hey #cyclists? How long does it take to stop getting a sore back of my neck??

THE GREATEST IS HERE.

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Camille Herron (@runcamille) has set a 48-hour world record by running more than 435.2 kilometers (270.4 miles)! She ran this record at the Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Festival in Australia. Details: irunfar.com/camille-herron

Mar 25

She's not bad, y'know.

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Jared Beasley

@DbJared

Mar 25

WOW - @runcamille hit 234.78 miles / 378 km in 41 hours and 13 minutes! 6 hours and 47 minutes faster then the previous best and now surpassed Marisa Lizak’s overall 48-hour American Record of 243.5 miles. #48hour #ultrarunning

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Mar 25

The comeback starts here... The comeback...or...a change of direction? 🤔😉

I think companies like #Shell need to clean up their own act and commit to and push the pace of renewables before they try and associate themselves with healthy activities...

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Runners put pressure on European Athletics to drop Shell as sponsor trib.al/Ho3vZPv

£100m boost for biggest UK hydro scheme in decades

Mar 21

Isn't it mad that I learned about this from Mr Doyle and Mr Gordon at

@StEdwardsColl

30 years ago? Shame we had to wait for the planet to cook and fuel prices drive people to poverty before a power company and the government got to GCSE level at geography.

bbc.co.uk

The SSE project in the Highlands would double the UK's ability to store energy for long periods.

bbc.co.ukStalling wage growth since 2008 costs £11,000 a year, says think tankA think tank examined what wages might be if the growth seen before the 2008 crash had not fallen away.

Dr Dave Nicol

@drdavenicol

Mar 20

If you’re looking for a report card on how badly the conservative government has failed the country. Here’s all the evidence you would ever need. Ignore the Baird media headlines. Look for the data.

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Mar 17

Insomnia diaries pt. 3. It's getting better maaaaan. Still been awake since 0250, however, I have just made an important discovery. Wotsits and houmous are a God tier witching hour snack. At least the lack of sleep helped me follow the #BM100! Congrats to all involved. #snacks

Stop the World's First Octopus Factory Farm — Species Unite

Mar 16

Sign the petition here to try and stop this.

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Esto es más que bárbaro. Agricultura intensiva de la peor clase. Si sigue adelante, nunca volveré a visitar

@turismogc

. Animo a la comunidad de corredores a boicotear a

@TransGC

si sucede. Es peor que criar perros. Qué vergüenza

@pescanova_es

bbc.com

La indignación de los científicos por la primera granja de pulpos del mundo que se va a abrir en...

La primera granja comercial de pulpos pronto será una realidad en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, pero muchos expertos se oponen a ella. Te contamos por qué.

This is beyond barbaric. Factory farming of the worst kind. If it goes ahead, I'll never visit

@turismogc

again. I'd encourage the running community to boycott

@TransGC

if it happens. It's worse than farming dogs. Shame on you

@pescanova_es

#grancanaria

bbc.co.uk

World's first octopus farm proposals alarm scientists

Methods used on the Spanish farm would be "cruel" to such intelligent animals say experts, as details emerge.

Whether competing or watching, I thoroughly recommend a steroid injection in your knee to get you through #BM100. The insomnia is real people. 5am and I'm feeling fiiiiiiine!

Mar 16

In a club of two. Awesomeness. Club of 1 soon? #bm100

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Jasmin Paris @JasminKParis began loop four at 35:53:27. Jasmin is the second woman to begin a fourth loop at the #BM100. The first was Sue Johnston in 2001.

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Mar 15

O-kay! 😍

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Mar 14

Let’s go @runroblarun

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Mar 14

As the #BM100 begins, I begin my latest long run. As the conch blew I was getting two injections in my knee for a torn meniscus at

@OrthT

. Rehab physio at

@R4P_UK

starts next week. This is the most important run of my life. The road back. Wish me luck?

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@ClimateBen

Mar 14

We're going to hit somewhere between 1.6°C and 2.6°C of global warming in the coming years making it difficult or impossible for humans and other species to cope as essential systems collapse. That explains why scientists are now urging immediate economic system change actions.🧵

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Russ Jones

@RussInCheshire

Mar 11

We all think we're rational human beings. So let's put that to a test in a little thread, with sources. This is for those who are in a terrible tizz right now, and think Gary Lineker is actual Satan. 🧵

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Question: If the

wants to portray an air of impartiality, why don't they let all of their employees speak their wide range of opinions, without censure, unless their words are illegal? They certainly don't seem to put a brake on

@Lord_Sugar

's grim verbal diarrhoea.

Remember when

snuck in at the back post and brought down the #government from five yards out? You will.

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I would like to put it on record that I am refusing to host

@BBCMOTD

this weekend. Save them asking me. #Lineker

Wow. Really not a good few days for the #BBC...

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Anita Singh

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Gary Lineker is "stepping back from Match of the Day", says the BBC

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BBC will not broadcast Attenborough episode over fear of ‘rightwing backlash’

theguardian.com/media/2023/mar This is absolutely awful. For explanation, if you're not a link clicker, this is the episode that talks the losses of nature in the UK and what has caused the declines. Attenborough's last show, maybe his most important and it will be semi-hidden.

@wwf_uk

theguardian.com

Exclusive: Decision to make episode about natural destruction available only on iPlayer angers programme-makers

It's Looking A Bit Black Over Bill's Mother's

@BBoBillsMothers

Mar 9

Some 📰for a ❄️ day in

@theoutdoorcity

(2) - The extraordinary story of #ultrarunner & 2024

@TheSpineRace

competitor Jennie Stevens, & 🏃‍♀️from

@theoutdoorcity

talk about 🌨️night running in - abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com/p/sunday-at-bi

Night fell runners under a moonlit sky at Burbage

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first run in new Peggies...a bit slippy, but sweeet...ended up accidentally running across America. 😍

See I told you! It's actually real! #BecomingForrest

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@Harper360

#BecomingForrest by @runroblarun is out now in paperback!

The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States. Order here: bit.ly/41R9IZL

"Becoming Forrest: One Man's Epic Run Across America"

While I'm having a fairly prolific posting day, I'd love it if you can take a minute to check out the work and follow

@peacedirect

and

@wwf_uk

(or your regional equivalent) to see why I ran... "...for world peace...women's rights...the homeless...the environment...for animals"

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Good morning #Chicago!!

@WGNMorningNews

#BecomingForrest

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The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey by Rob Pope to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States.

Becoming Forrest: One man's epic run across America

Is #BecomingForrest trending yet? 😉

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The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,621 miles, five-times across the United States. ‘Rob Pope has made his name revelling in challenges...